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Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,

Salute the brethren which are of Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church which is in his house.

And to looke for his sonne from heauen, whome he raised from the dead, euen Iesus which deliuereth vs from that wrath to come.

As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)

That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.

For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?

To make your hearts stable & vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ wt all his Saints.

That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,

That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.

And to you which are troubled, rest with vs, when the Lorde Iesus shall shewe himselfe from heauen with his mightie Angels,

Which shall be punished with euerlasting perdition, from the presence of the Lord, & from the glory of his power,

When he shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and to be made marueilous in all them that beleeue ( because our testimonie toward you was beleeued) in that day.

Wherefore, we also pray alwayes for you, that our God may make you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodnes, and the worke of faith with power,

And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth that he might be reueiled in his time.

And then shall that wicked man be reueiled, whome the Lorde shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall abolish with the brightnes of his comming,

Therefore I thanke him, which hath made me strong, that is, Christ Iesus our Lord: for he counted me faithfull, and put me in his seruice:

One yt can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience wt all honestie.

For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?

If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.